Hearn Generating Station
The Richard L. Hearn Generating Station (named after Richard Lankaster Hearn) is a decommissioned electrical generating station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The plant was originally fired by coal, but later converted to burn natural gas. The plant has been described as "Pharaonic in scale", and encompasses 650 thousand cubic metres of space—large enough to fit 12 Parthenons inside.
| Hearn Generating Station | |
|---|---|
The station's current appearance | |
| Country | Canada |
| Location | Toronto, Ontario |
| Coordinates | 43°38.730′N 79°20.105′W |
| Status | Decommissioned |
| Commission date | 1951 |
| Decommission date | 1983 |
| Owner(s) | Studios of America |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Coal |
| Turbine technology | Steam turbine |
| External links | |
| Commons | Related media on Commons |
The plant is located at 440 Unwin Avenue in Toronto's Port Lands area, directly south of the foot of Carlaw Avenue, across the shipping channel and next to the recently opened Portlands Energy Centre. The Richard L. Hearn Generating Station, together with the nearby Ashbridges Bay Wastewater Treatment Plant sewage sludge incinerator stack and the Commissioners Street waste incinerator stack, stand as towering landmarks of a bygone industrial era in the Portlands area of Toronto (all three facilities are no longer in operation, but their towering smokestacks still stand). The property was sold to Studios of America in 2018.